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Led by the New Orleans doctor Edmond Souchon, the Six and Seven Eighths String band played Dixieland standards on mandolins and guitars, and their music is among Alyn Shipton's selections from listeners' requests.

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Sat 19 Mar 201616:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Six And Seven Eighths Band & Six And Seven Eighths Band

    Clarinet Marmalade

    • Classic Sounds Of New Orleans.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 14.

  • Buck Clayton

    Out of Nowhere

    • Buck Clayton - Complete Legendary Jam Sessions Master Takes.
    • Lonehill Jazz.
    • 4.

  • Bix Beiderbecke & Bix Beiderbecke

    Sorry

    • In A Mist.
    • Phoenix.
    • 17.

  • Benny Carter & Benny Carter

    Isn't It Romantic

    • 1948 - 52.
    • Classics.
    • 11.

  • Erroll Garner & Erroll Garner

    I'll Remember April

    • The Complete Concert By The Sea.
    • Columbia Legacy.
    • 1.

  • Ken Colyer

    Make Me A Pallet On The Floor

    • 1966.
    • Lake.
    • 11.

  • Coleman Hawkins

    Body And Soul

    • Body and Soul.
    • Marshall Cavendish.
    • 12.

  • Max Roach & Max Roach

    Almost Like Me

    • The Max Roach Trio with The Legendary Hassan.
    • Atlantic.
    • 4.

  • National Youth Jazz Orchestra

    High Speed Gas

    • In Control.
    • Ronnie Scott's Jazz House.
    • 1.

  • Simon Bates & Simon Bates

    Well You Needn't

    • And All Because.
    • Recorded Time.
    • 2.

  • Bob Florence Limited Edition

    Jewels

    • Trash Can City.
    • Trend.
    • 2.

Performers:

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Title Clarinet Marmalade

Composer La Rocca / Shields

Album Classic Sounds of New Orleans

Label Smithsonian Folkways

Number 40183 Track 14

Duration 2.06

Performers: William Kleppinger, mand; Bernie Shields, steel g; Red Mackie, b; Ed Souchon, g. 1954.

Artist Buck Clayton

Title Out of Nowhere

Composer Young / Collins / Basie

Album Green / Heyman

Label Lonehill Jazz

Number 10115 CD 3 Track 4

Duration 7.07

Performers Buck Clayton, t; Ruby Braff, c; Bennie Green, Dick Harris, tb; Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins, ts; Al Waslohn, p; Steve Jordan, g; Milt Hinton, b; Jo Jones, d. 15 March 1955

Artist Bix Beiderbecke

Title Sorry

Composer Quicksell

Album In A Mist

Label Phoenix

Number 131535 Track 17

Duration 2.59

Performers: BIx Beiderbecke, c; Bill Rank, tb; Don Murray, cl; Adrian Rollini, bsx; Frank Signorelli, p; Chauncey Morehouse, d; 25 Oct 1927.

Artist Benny Carter

Title Isn’t It Romantic

Composer Rodgers / Hart

Album 1948-52

Label Classics

Number 1297 Track 11

Duration 3.43

Performers: Benny Carter, as; Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessell, g; Ray Brown, b; Buddy Rich, d; unidentified strings; Aug 1952.

Artist Erroll Garner

Title I’ll Remember April

Composer DePaul / Johnstone, Raye

Album Concert By The Sea

Album The Complete Concert By The Sea

Label Columbia Legacy

Number 88875120842 CD 1 Track 1

Duration 4.14

Performers Erroll Garner, p; Eddie Calhoun, b; Denzil Best, d.

Artist Ken Colyer

Title Make me A Pallet on the Floor

Composer trad

Album 1966

Label Lake

Number 285 Track 11

Duration 10.28

Performers: Ken Colyer, , v; Tony Pyke, cl; Geoff Cole, tb; John Bastable, bj; Bill Cole, b; Bryan Hetherington, d. autumn 1966.

Artist Coleman Hawkins

Title Body and Soul

Composer Heyman, Green ,Sour

Album Body and Soul

Label Marshall Cavendish

Number 021 Track 12

Duration 3.00

Performers Coleman Hawkins, ts; Tommy Lindsay, Joe Guy, t; Jackie Fields, Eustace Moore, reeds; Gene Rodgers, p; Oscar Smith, b, Art Herbert, d. 11 Oct 1939.

Artist Max Roach

Title Almost Like Me

Composer Hasaan Ibn Ali

Album Max Roach Trio with the Legendary Hasaan

Label Atlantic

Number 1435 Track 4

Duration 6.39

Performers: Hasaan Ibn Ali, p; Art Davis, b; Max Roach d. Dec 1964

Artist NYJO

Title High Speed Gas

Composer Woodman

Album In Control

Label Ronnie Scott’s Jazz House

Number 041 Track 1

Duration 4.17

Performers: Andy Cuss, Brad Mason, Neil Yates, Jim Lynch, Olly Preece, t; Adrian Hallowell, Elliott Mason, Jeremy Price, Malcolm Smith, Mark Penny, tb; Lis Graham, Howard McGill, Jim Tomlinson, James Hunt, Mick Foster, reeds; Simon Carter, p; Andy Jones, g; Mark Ong, b; Chris Dagley, d. 1994.

Artist Simon Bates

Title Well You Needn;t

Composer Monk

Album And all because

Label Recorded Time

Number RTCD007 Track 2

Duration 4.10

Performers: Simon Bates - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet; John Etheridge – Guitar; Rob Statham – Bass; Mike Bradley - Drums

Artist Bob Florence

Title Jewels

Composer Bob Florence

Album Trash Can City

Label Trend

Number TR545

Duration 5.21

Performers Bob Florence, piano; Joel DiBartolo, bass; Peter Donald, drums; Lanny Morgan, alto saxophone; Kim Richmond, clarinet; Dick Mitchell, tenor; Bob Cooper, tenor saxophone; Bob Efford, baritone saxophone; John Lowe, baritone saxophone; George Graham, trumpet; Charley Davis, trumpet; Warren Luening, trumpet; Steve Huffsteter, trumpet; Nelson Hatt, trumpet; Charlie Loper, trombone; Rick Culver, trombone; Herbie Harper, trombone; Don Waldrop, bass trombone; Julie Andrews, vocal.

Broadcast

  • Sat 19 Mar 201616:00
    BBC Radio 3

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